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Bredgar, Kent

Historical Description

Bredgar, a parish in Kent, among the chalk hills, 3 miles SSW of Sittingbourne station on the L.C. & D.R. It has a post and money order office under Sittingbourne; telegraph office, Borden. Acreage, 1762; population, 570. Bredgar House is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £139 with residence. The church is Perpendicular English, with a curious Norman doorway under the tower, has Roman bricks in its walls, contains a brass of 1508, and is in good condition. A chantry or small college was founded in it in the time of Richard II. by Robert de Bredgar. There is a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1868.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyKent 
Ecclesiastical parishBredgar St. John the Baptist 
HundredMilton 
LatheScray 
Poor Law unionMilton 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

The register dates from the year 1559.

Findmypast have the following online for Bredgar, St John the Baptist: baptisms 1540-1919, marriages 1559-1919, burials 1557-1922


Churches

Church of England

St. John the Baptist (parish church)

The church of St. John the Baptist is of flint and stone, in the Perpendicular style, and has a western tower containing a clock, the gift in 1902 of Charles E. Homewood esq. of Tunstall, and 5 bells: there are two brasses: the organ was given in 1908 by the then vicar: the church was partially restored in 1894, and affords 200 sittings.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Bredgar from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Bredgar are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.

DistrictSwale
CountyKent
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtME9
Post TownSittingbourne

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